美國(guó)商業(yè)大亨傳奇 第68期:新的對(duì)手(10)

There is no success without risk taking,and I thinkthat is actually what distinguishes the captains ofindustry from others.

不冒險(xiǎn)就沒(méi)有成功 這正是行業(yè)領(lǐng)袖和一般人的區(qū)別

Morgan gives Edison what amounts to eighty-threemillion dollars today,and together they form a newbusiness,the Edison Electric Light Company.

摩根給了愛(ài)迪生折合到現(xiàn)在高達(dá)8300萬(wàn)美元的錢(qián) 他們一同建立了一家新公司 愛(ài)迪生電燈公司

Funding Edison is a huge risk for Morgan,and goes against everything his father taught him.

為愛(ài)迪生提供資金對(duì)摩根而言是一個(gè)巨大的風(fēng)險(xiǎn) 而且同父親的教誨完全相背

For years, Morgan was instructed to avoid investing in new and unproven industries.

多年來(lái) 父親一直教導(dǎo)摩根不要投資未被證明的新行業(yè)

But where his father sees risk,J.P. Morgan sees opportunity.

父親只看到了風(fēng)險(xiǎn) 但J·P·摩根卻看到了機(jī)遇

I think what's great about the truly transformative inventions and the entrepreneurial ideasthat really end up having a significant impact is they start relatively small and most peopledon't quite understand even what you're talking about,

革命性發(fā)明是非常偉大的 根據(jù)它來(lái)創(chuàng)業(yè)的想法會(huì)造成巨大影響 這種發(fā)明都有一個(gè)共同點(diǎn) 也就是一開(kāi)始規(guī)模很小 很多人甚至都不理解你講的是什么

and they take some time before they get traction,but eventually they break through and theimpact's far broader than anybody, you know, could have imagined.

這些東西需要時(shí)間才能成功 不過(guò)一旦成功 其影響力之廣 將是任何人都無(wú)法想象的

Morgan and Edison get right to work,transforming a building in Lower Manhattan into theworld's first central power station,a high-tech wonder filled with massive generators capable oflighting thousands of homes.

摩根和愛(ài)迪生立刻開(kāi)始行動(dòng) 將曼哈頓下城的一座建筑改造成世界第一座中央發(fā)電站 這是一項(xiàng)充滿發(fā)電機(jī)的高科技奇跡 能夠?yàn)閿?shù)以千計(jì)的家庭提供照明

The idea was that from this central station would flow all this direct current,but it also meantthat it had to be transmitted.

通過(guò)中央發(fā)電站 直流電將會(huì)流出 但這些電還需要輸送

The future of electricity wasn't just illumination.

電的未來(lái)并不僅僅是照明

It was power,and power required transmission over long distance.

它是一種能源 能源必然需要經(jīng)過(guò)長(zhǎng)距離運(yùn)輸